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This Indian love story defies how fairytales have traditionally unfolded - there is no prince, who rescues a damsel in distress, before they live happily ever after. The heroine in his modern-day fairytale is Sonali Mukherjee, an acid attack survivor, who fell in love with Chittaranjan Tiwari, an electrical engineer.
Acid attack survivor Sonali Mukherjee, whose story was shared on popular quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), married an engineer from Jamshedpur at a district court in Bokaro, Dhanbad on Thursday.
On Thursday, they tied the knot in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
On the night of April 22, 2003, 18-year-old Sonali was asleep on the terrace of her house, when some men splashed acid on her, which disfigured her face and even impaired her ability to hear. Since then she has undergone several reconstructive surgeries and fought a painful battle, facing a shortage of funds to fight the court case against the three accused.
Sonali, who was just 17 at the time, was forced to endure more than 28 different surgical procedures as medics battled to limit the damage the acid had done to her skin in the 2003 attack.
Having been left blind and disfigured, Sonali spent much of the next decade hiding in her parents home, but following a number of appearances on TV in India, her story touched the heart of one viewer so deeply, he had to get in touch.
After a period of getting to know each other, Sonali and 29-year-old Chittaranjan Tiwari fell in love and tied the knot on Wednesday.
Sonali said: “I never believed marriage would happen to me. I was building myself up for a life time alone.
“I’ve spent the last ten years building my strength and independence but this is a dream come true.”
Chittaranjan first clapped eyes on his future wife in 2013 on a TV crime programme and felt compelled to get in touch.
He managed to find her mobile phone number on the internet and decided to get in touch with her.
Sonali said: “Lots of people get in touch with me and wish me well, I thought Chittaranjan was just another well wisher.
“He was very kind and said some very lovely words and we just kept in touch. Over time we got very friendly.”
Over the coming months, the couple would continue talking for hours on the phone and got increasingly close until Chittaranjan decided to pop the question.
Sonali said: “One day last year he proposed; I couldn’t believe it. They were words I never imagined I would hear.
"Chittaranjan is a very emotional and sensitive man and I’m happy for him to take my hand."
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, called her the ‘epitome of courage’ for ‘continuing her fight against the odds.’
"My life had come to a standstill but Chhittaranjan has brought me back the joy and happiness which was lacking," Sonali said, after coming out of the court room, while her hubby couldn't stop singing praises about her will power and courage.
The three men responsible, including a married man, were held and two of them were even convicted. But they were later granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court.
Mukherjee and her father, who has sold all his land and family jewels to fund her treatment and legal fees, are fighting to get the bail cancelled. They are also coping with threats from the accused, besides paying innumerable visits to hospitals for her treatment.
The three men, one of who was in his 40s and one was an 18-year-old, would tail her everyday, pass lewd comments and harass her. When she protested, she faced the acid attack.
After struggling for years with surgeries and shortage of funds, she was finally given a class three job in a government school in Bokaro.
While no official figures for acid attacks exist in India, instances of this crime are being reported with increasing frequency. In December, two boys on a motorcycle threw acid on a 30-year-old doctor when she was crossing a busy marketplace in Delhi on her way to work. It later emerged that the boys had been hired by her colleague whose love she did not reciprocate.
Following the Delhi Gang Rape in 2012, India passed several tough laws dealing with sexual violence against women which included a penalty of 10 years to a maximum of life imprisonment for perpetrators of acid attacks and fine that could go up to Rs.10 lakh.
"We respect Sonali as she is one of the few women who raised their voice against atrocities. Everyone in India knows her for her courage," CM Hemant Soren had said.
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